Essential Phone Users Are Finally Getting the Android 8.1 Oreo Update

Essential announced earlier on Twitter that it has finally started rolling out the Android 8.1 Oreo software update for Essential Phones and users can install it as we speak.

Essential Phone owners have not yet received Google's Android 8.0 Oreo operating system, until today, when Andy Rubin's company surprised users on Twitter with the announcement of the full release of the Android 8.1 Oreo software update on the Essential Phone.

Essential invited all Essential Phone owners to check their Android smartphones for the update now, as Android 8.1 Oreo not only brings all the cool new features of the Android Oreo series, but also new Settings menu layouts and redesigned navigation buttons.

Essential Phone users are also getting an automatic Dark Mode for Quick Settings, dynamic Clock and Calendar icons, Hi-Fi Bluetooth codecs like aptX HD and LDAC, a semi-transparent Quick Settings menu, and battery level indicator for connected Bluetooth devices.

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